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{{Short description|1996 single by No Doubt}} {{About|the No Doubt song|other uses|Don't Speak (disambiguation)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox song | name = Don't Speak | cover = Don't Speak.jpg | alt = | caption = Artwork for non-US commercial releases | type = single | artist = [[No Doubt]] | album = [[Tragic Kingdom]] | B-side = {{plainlist| * "[[Hey You!]]" (acoustic version) * "Greener Pastures" }} | released = 1996<ref>{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/gwen-stefani-dont-speak-no-doubt-25th-anniversary-1234949114/ | title=As 'Don't Speak' Turns 25, Gwen Stefani Looks Back at the No Doubt Hit and Ahead to Her Next Musical Chapter | date=April 15, 2021 }}</ref>{{Dubious|date=January 2025|reason=The song did not start receiving adds on US radio until September 1996, and it is highly unlikely that the song was released anywhere else before then.}} | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = [[Alternative rock]] | length = 4:24 | label = [[Interscope Records|Interscope]] | writer = * [[Gwen Stefani]] * [[Eric Stefani]] | producer = [[Matthew Wilder]] | prev_title = [[Spiderwebs (song)|Spiderwebs]] | prev_year = 1995 | next_title = [[Excuse Me Mr.]] | next_year = 1996 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|TR3Vdo5etCQ|"Don't Speak"}}}} }} "'''Don't Speak'''" is a song by American rock band [[No Doubt]], featured on their third studio album, ''[[Tragic Kingdom]]'' (1995). Released as an album track in 1996 by [[Interscope Records]], the song was initially written as a love song by lead singer [[Gwen Stefani]] and her brother, former band member [[Eric Stefani]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BA8EAAAAMBAJ&dq=don%27t+speak&pg=PA94 | title=Billboard | date=April 5, 1997 }}</ref> However, after several revisions, Gwen reworked the lyrics into a breakup song, reflecting the end of her seven-year relationship with bandmate [[Tony Kanal]].<ref name='complex'>{{cite web |url= http://www.complex.com/music/2012/09/no-doubt-tells-all-the-stories-behind-their-classic-records/dont-speak|title=No Doubt Tells All: The Stories Behind Their Classic Records |last= Nostro |first= Lauren |date= September 25, 2012|website= complex.com|access-date=November 26, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Sieczkowski|first=Cavan|date=September 24, 2012|title=Gwen Stefani And Tony Kanal Talk About 'Brutal' Breakup & The Pain Of Performing 'Don't Speak'|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/24/gwen-stefani-tony-kanal-dont-speak-breakup-no-doubt_n_1909091.html|access-date=March 31, 2014|website=[[HuffPost]]}}</ref> Despite the song's substantial airplay in the United States, "Don't Speak" was not allowed to appear on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] since a physical single was not issued for the song in the US, which was a rule at the time. Instead, "Don't Speak" topped the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot 100 Airplay (Radio Songs)|Hot 100 Airplay]] chart for 16 weeks. Outside the United States, it topped the charts in Australia, Canada, Iceland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom, becoming No Doubt's most successful international single. "Don't Speak" was nominated for [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year|Song of the Year]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals|Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals]] at the [[40th Grammy Awards]].<ref name="Grammy1998">{{cite news|last=Strauss|first=Neil|date=January 7, 1998|title=Grammy Nominations Yield Surprises, Including Newcomer's Success|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/07/arts/grammy-nominations-yield-surprises-including-newcomer-s-success.html?pagewanted=all|access-date=April 24, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=January 6, 1998|title=List of Grammy award nominations|url=https://edition.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9801/06/grammys.list/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022175624/https://edition.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9801/06/grammys.list/|archive-date=October 22, 2018|access-date=August 11, 2020|work=[[CNN]]}}</ref> "Don't Speak" was ranked at number 495 on ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'' magazine's "The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born".<ref>{{cite web|date=October 2005|title=''The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born'': 451β500|url=http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?ID=1760|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214042717/http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?ID=1760|archive-date=December 14, 2007|access-date=December 21, 2007|work=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]|publisher=Alpha Media Group Inc}}</ref> The song is a playable track in the 2009 video game ''[[Band Hero]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|last=Reilly|first=Jim|date=October 19, 2009|title=Band Hero Track List Revealed|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/10/19/band-hero-track-list-revealed|access-date=August 11, 2020|website=[[IGN]]}}</ref> and was also released as a [[2008 in downloadable songs for the Rock Band series|downloadable song]] for 2008's ''[[Rock Band 2]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|last=Burg|first=Dustin|date=December 9, 2008|title=No doubt, No Doubt Rock Band DLC now available|url=https://www.engadget.com/2008-12-09-no-doubt-no-doubt-rock-band-dlc-now-available.html|access-date=August 11, 2020|website=Engadget|language=en}}</ref> as well as part of the No Doubt Track Pack for ''[[Guitar Hero III]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://majornelson.com/archive/2008/02/28/guitar-hero-iii-no-doubt-track-pack.aspx | title=''Guitar Hero III'': No Doubt Track Pack | access-date=February 28, 2008 | last=Hryb | first=Larry | author-link=Larry Hryb | date=February 28, 2008 | publisher=Major Nelson's Blog | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080301003015/http://majornelson.com/archive/2008/02/28/guitar-hero-iii-no-doubt-track-pack.aspx | archive-date=March 1, 2008 | url-status=dead }}</ref> The song has been [[Sampling (music)|sampled]] by multiple [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] artists, including in [[Rakim]]'s song "Dedicated"<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 22, 2009|title=Album Review: Rakim β The Seventh Seal (2009)|url=http://potholesinmyblog.com/album-review-rakim-the-seventh-seal-2009/|access-date=August 11, 2020|language=en-US|archive-date=August 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811131104/http://potholesinmyblog.com/album-review-rakim-the-seventh-seal-2009/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[Ice Cube]]'s "War & Peace".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Hodari Coker|first=Cheo|author-link=Cheo Hodari Coker|date=December 1998 β January 1999|title=Ice Cube β 'War & Peace, Vol 1. (The War Disc)'|page=182|work=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zywEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA182|access-date=August 11, 2020|issn=1070-4701}}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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